Quotes About Adventure

Chris cursed lavishly. He sped up, then shouted, "Hold on!" Less than a second later, he stamped on the

My mom would never ride an ATV,' he said. 'But you did.' 'Is that a good thing?' I asked. He traced my lips with his fingertip. 'Yes.' My body melted like a candy bar on the dashboard.

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Life will work its magic if you let go of fear and live your life as an exclamation and not as an explanation.

I expect you to get up in the morning, the rest is a surprise!

Ze moet het huis uit, en haar hoofd uit. Zolang we in een bekende omgeving zijn, blijven we hangen in ons hoofd, met al die onzinnige gedachten waar we niets mee opschieten. In het buitenlans léven we in onze zintuigen; dan nemen we al die nieuwe en prachtige taferelen, geuren en geluiden in ons op. We stijgen uit boven het zinloze gepruttel van onze gedachten en leven volkomen in het nu. Fairfield Park -

find the experience of diving into a new world the most exhilarating of sensations," he said. "I agree. Each book is like a little world. You can carry it in your hand, and, yet, the space it creates in your mind is infinite." He

A pesar de mi edad (acabo de cumplir cuarenta y cinco) aún creo en el azar, el golpe de dados que supone salir en la noche a buscar un trago en una ciudad extraña, una aventura para la cual el tiempo nos va volviendo torpes y por eso, con los años, algunos prefieren la botella cerca del sofá y el televisor

Al escucharlos, Matías se veía a sí mismo compartiendo su aventuras y eso era lo que más le gustaba porque en el momento en el que le parecía formar parte de esa historia, Matías dejaba de estar triste, olvidaba sus preocupaciones y se abandonaba a un mundo en el que al final todo salía bien.

We need to tell each other stories of different ways you can live, different ways you can be; predicated not on how close you get to the life you were assumed or expected to have, but on the queer wanderings of a life you live.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. T. S. ELIOT

So what if I'm ninety-three? So what if I'm ancient and cranky and my body's a wreck? If they're willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus? It's like Charlie told the cop. For this old man, this is home.

How hard can it be to find a girl and an elephant for Christ's sake?

We traveled for two weeks with a pickled hippo.

Life is the greatest show on earth

paraded around town in an elephant cage, an elephant who repeatedly pulled her stake and stole the lemonade

And then I laugh, because it's so ridiculous and so gorgeous and it's all I can do to not melt into a fit of giggles. So what if I'm ninety-three? So what if I'm ancient and cranky and my body's a wreck? If they're willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?

And then I laugh, because it's so ridiculous and so gorgeous and it's all I can do to not melt into a fit of giggles. [...] If they're willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?

That's my girl, he said, struggling upright. Always up for adventure. You're not like the other girls, you know. There's not an ounce of fun in them. That's why Hank won't marry Violet, of course. He's holding out for another you. Only there isn't one. I've got the one and only.

Reading's ability to beam you up to a different world is a good part of the reason why people like me do it in the first place---because dollar for dollar, hour per hour, it's the most expedient way to get from our proscribed little here to an imagined, intriguing there. Part time machine, part Concorde, part ejector seat, books are our salvation.

It is now. But a trip like this? You will find something to fill it with. A truth of your own, that you discover on your own.

don't mistake a new place for a new you.

And I'll dream about living there one day myself, about boats and bicycles and water, and a dog running next to me on the road, in the green, green afternoon light.

Life is one of those experiments meant to be conducted in a stimulating, messy environment.